SMALL electric tea kettle

Try googling 'small electric kettle buy.' This page has a 27 oz kettle for sale:

Good luck.

Rex Kerr wrote:

Not sure if it would fit the bill but Sunbeam makes a cool little thing called a "Hot Shot" they cost like $12-15 and heat like 16oz of water at a time but very quickly (like seconds). I used to have one in my dorm and it sometimes fills in at work for me.

Also Procter Silex makes some small electric kettles as well. I'm sure some of the better companies (Zojirushi, etc.) make them, I'm just not aware of them.

- Dominic

The 27-oz Bodum Ibis that Danica linked to is not cordless, but it is cheap and reliable. One lives on the windowsill next to my computer table and is in daily use. I hate the idea of plastic and would not brew with it a home, but I have to say that I've brewed some very delicate greens in this pot without noticing major problems in taste or smell. For green teas, you need to pay attention to the sound so as not to overheat the water. For black teas & puer, it's a solid workhorse. Plus, when the cover mysteriously disappeared, Bodum's U.S. rep found a spare and shipped it gratis! BW

The features to note in pots are materials like plastic and SS, variable thermostat for lower temperatures, and more wattage for faster heating since you aren't paying the electric bill. Besides the pots you might consider an immersion coil heater. It will boil a cup of water dry lickity split so you have to stay on top of it. Now when I went to college we didn't have outlets in the dorm rooms. No teapots, no women.

Jim

Rex Kerr wrote:

I too have owned one of these smaller Ibis kettles

They are a good compromise when storage space matters. I used to travel weekly and I packed one in my suitcase back then, it sure was a life saver as it is/was hard to get a proper cup of tea in the average hotel. It served me well and they are also pretty cheap to boot.

Mike

hehe, good stuff... as an aside one of my room mates used the coffee pot to make spaghetti-O's and Ramen noodles... needless to say we all stopped drinking coffee from it. He would pour the can into the carafe and turn the heat plate on to warm it up and then eat straight from the carafe.

When I questioned him why he didn't use a bowl and the microwave, he claimed it was easier to use the coffee pot. Even with outlets, and coffee pots, Phil still got no women.

- Dominic

There must be some neo-con feminists where money still talks and I don't have to explain the ring.

Jim

Dom> > Now when I went to college we didn't have outlets in the dorm rooms.

Although Bodum Ibis is popular, I find the Krups equivalent to be better made and a whole lot less likely to cause steam burns. I keep one as a spare - amazing how just when you find a tool that suits, they discontinue it.

BTW, almost any electric kettle will heat water faster than a standard domestic microwave, waste much less energy doing it, and eliminate the risk of "bumping" (when superheated water boils over after you pick up the cup).

-DM